World elite!

14th of August 2017 · tags:

Saturday ass. Professor Uffe Steen from the Academy received the "Blueslive Award of the Year” in Randers. The prize was awarded by Danish Music Award Blues 2017, arranged by JazzDanmark, ROSA, Randers Ugen and Turbinen in Randers.

The motivation mentioned among other things that Uffe Steen is extremely diligent in many orchestras, he is always there for his audience after the concert and he often plays with new, young blues and folk musicians.

Additionally the motivation says: "With his unmatched empathy and sophistication, his unique and very special guitar play and his lovable temperament, Uffe can get even the most angry blues atheist to lose his jaw of admiration (...). He has his very own expression and incomparable style which places put him not only in the super league but in the world elite."